Re:Google Now's smartphone is the real deal
by notatoad on Friday February 15, 2013 @01:31PM
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>I don't recall this approach ever working
yes, failure in the past is definitely an indication that this concept will never work.
The linked article takes a very narrow view of google now, trying to shoehorn it into windows phone terms. It's way more than a live tile. It's a homescreen widget, a lockscreen widget, an app that is a scrollable list of cards, and it integrates with notifications. Essentially, it is predictive google search - instead of having to search for something, it provides you with the results you were about to search for.
The future that you talk about for personal assistants has already been surpassed by google now.
yes, failure in the past is definitely an indication that this concept will never work.
The linked article takes a very narrow view of google now, trying to shoehorn it into windows phone terms. It's way more than a live tile. It's a homescreen widget, a lockscreen widget, an app that is a scrollable list of cards, and it integrates with notifications. Essentially, it is predictive google search - instead of having to search for something, it provides you with the results you were about to search for.
The future that you talk about for personal assistants has already been surpassed by google now.